stand by for my interviews with senator rand paul and congressman paul ryan. >>> and when salt kills. new warnings about hidden dangers, especially for young kids. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i covered the middle east for a long time, watched american presidents try to navigate the mine fields of the region and the peace process. overall, president obama sets the right tone this week during this, his first trip to israel since taking office. but there's certainly a lot of hard work ahead, if he hopes to make any real inroads towards peace and deal with huge dangers in the region now. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by, and john king are joining us from amman, jordan, where the president wrapped up his trip. he has done well in jordan, now the hard work begins. where do we go from here? >> reporter: the white house feels he accomplished what they set out as his primary goal, which was to